A Hilbert-Huang transform approach to space plasma turbulence at kinetic scales
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Discipline
Physical sciences
Subject
Astrophysics
Kinetics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetoplasma
Particle accelerators
Plasma turbulence
Solar wind
Canonical structure
Fast solar winds
Fluctuation frequency
Hilbert Huang transforms
Magnetic field fluctuations
Multiscale nature
Turbulent fluctuation
Turbulent media
Mathematical transformations
Audience
Scientific
Date
2017Metadata
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Heliospheric space plasmas are highly turbulent media and display multiscale fluctuations over a wide range of scales from the magnetohydrodynamic domain down to the kinetic one. The study of turbulence features is traditionally based on spectral and canonical structure function analysis. Here, we present an novel approach to the analysis of the multiscale nature of plasma turbulent fluctuations by means of Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT). In particular we present a preliminary application of this technique to magnetic field fluctuations at kinetic scales in a fast solar wind stream as observed by Cluster mission. The HHT-energy spectrum reveals the intermittent and multiscale nature of fluctuation frequency at kinetic scales indicating that there are no-persistent and long standing frequencies.
Citation
Consolini, G.; Alberti, T.; Yordanova, E.; Marcucci, M.F.; Echim, M. (2017). A Hilbert-Huang transform approach to space plasma turbulence at kinetic scales. , Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 900, Issue 1, A012003, DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/900/1/012003.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-85032495282
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng